Clorox Park Center Oakland CA: pro-rata share overcharge case study
A public-record office lease case study showing $42,875 in pro-rata share overcharges: landlord applied 15.75% instead of the lease-specified 14.00%.
What happened
Clorox's lease at Park Center Oakland specifies a fixed 14.00% pro-rata share (28,000 SF / 200,000 SF). The 2021 reconciliation applied 15.75% (31,500 SF / 200,000 SF). The 1.75-point discrepancy, applied to $2,450,000 in operating expenses, produced a $42,875 overcharge, the basis of the 2022 Alameda County action.
Findings from the pipeline
Rule 4: Pro-Rata Share Error
high confidence
$42,875
Statement applies 15.7500% pro-rata share but lease specifies 14.0000%, resulting in an estimated overcharge of $42,875.00. Lease specifies a fixed share with no adjustment language.
Lease evidence
Tenant's Proportionate Share: 28,000 RSF / 200,000 RSF = 14.00%. Exhibit 1, Section 3.2.
Exhibit 1, Section 3.2, page 4
Math proof
lease_share=0.14, stmt_share=0.1575, difference=0.0175, total_opex=2450000.00, overcharge=42875.00
Lease evidence
- Pro-rata share fixed at 14.00% (28,000 SF / 200,000 SF).
- No subject-to-adjustment language.
Why this matters
Office tenants with large RSF footprints face disproportionate overcharges from pro-rata share errors because the operating expense base is large. A $2.4 million CAM pool amplifies even small percentage errors into five-figure overcharges.
Dispute letter draft excerpt
Request for Cooperative Review of Certain Line Items. The automated review flagged a pro-rata share discrepancy of $42,875.00 : statement applied 15.75% versus the lease-specified 14.00%.
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